Brian Parro participates in numerous extracurricular activities and doesn't get home until after 10 p.m. some nights. The senior at Bolingbrook High School said his alarm rouses him at 5:15 on most mornings so he can get to band practice at school by 6:35 a.m. "It can be stressful at times, but I wouldn't have it any other way," said Parro, 17. "I sure don't want to be bored sitting at home every night. " While children and teenagers can benefit substantially from partaking in extracurricular...

A teenager has been arrested and charged with criminal homicide in the shooting death of a Tennessee National Guard soldier at an armory southwest of Nashville, authorities said on Thursday. Christopher Farrar, 15, is accused of gaining access to the Perry County National Guard Armory on Wednesday afternoon and firing several shots, one of which struck the soldier, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. Sergeant First Class Michael Braden,...

"He sleeps past noon!" and "She's up all night!" are common phrases spoken by parents about their teenagers. Most parents are concerned about how much sleep their teen is getting at night. Adolescents go to bed so late, not only because they're so active but because their bodies won't let them sleep earlier. With school starting so early in the morning, most students aren't getting their required sleep. As people progress from infancy to old age, their circadian rhythms shift.

(Reuters) - Virginia authorities on Thursday said they will not serve a search warrant for evidence in a juvenile sexting case, which the 17-year-old defendant's lawyer said included demands for a picture of the teen's erect penis. The warrant was part of a felony case against the unnamed teen, who Manassas City Police said sent a pornographic video to a 15-year-old female despite repeated requests by the girl's parent for him to stop. The boy was charged with...

What a world! Now we have to bribe our high school students with expensive gifts so they will attend a supervised, alcohol-free event after prom. We're talking cars here, folks, not a ticket to the movies. Yes, in some cities, in order to lure teens to a safe party, schools or organizations are presenting a car to a lucky graduate in attendance. I know that a son or daughter's well-being cannot be compared to the price of an automobile. But my dad, eons back, had a way to get me home safely.

LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea have signed 19-year-old midfielder Mario Pasalic from Croatian side Hajduk Split, the Premier League club announced on Wednesday. German-born Pasalic, who has played for Croatia's under-21 side, was part of the wider 30-man squad ahead of the World Cup in Brazil but did not make the final 23. He scored 11 goals in 36 matches for Split last term, having made his senior debut the previous season. "I am a central midfielder, my favourite player is Frank...

Would you please spare me the sociological nonsense about why there was a riot in Benton Harbor, Mich.? There was no deep underlying reason. It was a bunch of undisciplined young hoodlums who thought it would be cool to burn down the neighborhood. All the other supposed reasons are just so much excuse for a bunch of bored teenagers behaving badly.

TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) - Family and friends of a Florida teenager who says he was beaten by Israeli police while in detention describe him as a typical U.S. high school student. Tariq Khdeir, 15, recently finished his freshman year at the Universal Academy of Florida, a private Islamic school where he played on the soccer team. He earned the summer trip to visit relatives by receiving good grades in all of his classes, said his aunt, Sanah Abu Khdeir. His...

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - When Scotland's nationalist government dropped the voting age to 16 for this year's referendum on independence, it was widely seen as banking on teenage radicalism to ensure a break with the United Kingdom. If so, it may have miscalculated. Two opinion polls and Reuters interviews with 25 Scottish teenagers in 10 different locations suggest the ruling Scottish National Party (SNP) can't be sure of their support in the September 18 referendum. "Whilst...

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A Louisiana Republican seeking to unseat Democratic U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu announced on Thursday that his unwed teenaged daughter is pregnant, a local newspaper reported. Bill Cassidy, a U.S. congressman and medical doctor, is challenging Landrieu, a three-term incumbent, in a race that Republicans view as important in their quest to reclaim the U.S. Senate from Democrats. "Earlier this year, Laura and I learned we will become...

Teenagers do not always think like adults, even though they look like adults. On the one hand, teenagers want all of the rights and privileges of being an adult without any of the responsibilities that go with those rights. From a parent's point of view, this is one of the single most annoying characteristics of teenagers. Not all teenagers are inherently rebellious or angry or acting out. Some new research seems to indicate that about 80 percent of teenagers cope with adolescence relatively smoothly, and a...

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A healthy 18-year-old Ohio high school wrestler died last month from an overdose of powdered caffeine, a county coroner said on Wednesday. Logan J. Stiner, who was a senior at a high school in LaGrange, Ohio, and a state-qualified wrestler, was found dead by his brother in late May, authorities said. Stiner had consumed at least a teaspoon of powdered caffeine before his death and tests for caffeine level were ordered after police found a bag of what...

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A 13-year-old Florida girl and her 15-year-old boyfriend were charged with attempted murder after he slit the throat of the girl's mother who had objected to their relationship, police said. The teenagers admitted to investigators that they planned to kill both the girl's mother and father so that they could continue dating, the Marion County Sheriff's office said. Both the girl and the boy admitted to police that he used a kitchen knife...

The impending premiere of Disney Channel 's " Girl Meets World " on June 27 has us feeling nostalgic for the halcyon days of ABC 's "TGIF" line-up, when shows like " Boy Meets World ," "Perfect Strangers" and "Full House" captured the cultural consciousness with wholesome storylines and family-friendly laughs. One TGIF show you probably don't remember is a short-lived sitcom called " Aliens in the Family ," arguably a...

(Reuters) - Six teenagers died in a car crash in northern Ohio on Sunday after the driver of sports utility vehicle hit a guardrail and the vehicle flipped into a pond, a police official. Eight teenagers were riding in the vehicle early Sunday in Warren, Ohio, some 60 miles east of Cleveland, said Lt. Anne Ralston, a spokeswoman with the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The ages of the teenagers killed in the crash ranged from 14 to 19 years old, Ralston said. Authorities...

Auto accidents kill more U.S. teenagers than any other cause, and summer is known as the " 100 deadliest days for teen drivers ," according to the National Safety Council (NSC). The main culprit for the fatalities is not texting and driving. It's an older problem: Not wearing seatbelts. More than half of the 2,439 teens killed in auto accidents in 2012 were not wearing seatbelts, according to a new report called “ Teens in Cars ...

By all standards of the apocalypse, there ought to be nothing really terrifying in an oversize color picture of an attractive blond girl modeling a printed bathing suit against a greyish white background. But Roe Ethridge's photograph, part of "Teen Paranormal Romance," a group exhibition at the Renaissance Society in Hyde Park, gets me shaking. On its own, perhaps not. On its own, in fact, I'm not quite sure I would know what to make of its awkward depiction of a bland,...

(Reuters) - A gunman in Norfolk, Virginia, shot a passing motorist to death and killed a police officer in a shooting spree before dying in a struggle with another officer on Friday night, authorities said on Saturday. James Brown, 29, fired randomly out of his vehicle on Friday night, striking Mark Rodriguez, 17, who died of his injuries at the scene, Norfolk Police Chief Michael Goldsmith said at a news conference. Brown kept firing randomly and police received...

By Veronique Mistiaen. Compiled by William Hageman | December 26, 1999

Teenage boys would never admit it to their friends, but they believe that good communication with their parents and support from them is the major factor that helps them develop self-confidence and stay out of trouble. Good parenting qualities -- described by the young men as "listening to your son, spending time with him and being supportive and understanding" -- have more influence on the teenagers' self-esteem and attitudes than the shape or structure of the family, even factors such as poverty or...